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L. L. SOHUBERT H. MAIERHOEFER.

HOD.

. Patented July 30, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS L. SCHUBEBT AND FREDERICK MAIE-RHOEFER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,968, dated July 30, 1889.

Application filed April 23, 1889. Serial No. 308,246- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LOUIS L. SCHUBERT- county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hods, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in sheet-metal hods of the class employed by builders in carrying brick and mortar; and our object is to provide such a hod of an improved construction which shall render it lighter and more durable than the hods of this class hitherto commonly in use.

To this end our invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of our improved hod with part of the handle broken away; Fig. 2, a front View of the same, also with part of the handle broken away; and Figs. 3 and 4:, sections taken on the lines 3 3 and 4t 4., respectively, of Fig. 1, and viewed in each instance as indicated by the arrows.

A is the trough-shaped body portion of the hod, formed of sheet metal and comprising sides A A, to which is riveted the back A The sides A A are formed together of an integral sheet of metal bent to afford the usual V shape and rounded at the upper forward corners, as shown. The sides A are strengthened by a continuous rod 25 of stiif springy metal shaped to conform to the upper and forward edges of the sides and held in place by the turning over it of the said edges, as shown. The lower forward part of the body portion is provided on its under side with a re-enforcing plate 5, having a lip s, affording a hook whereby to suspend the hod, when desired, upon an elevator.

B B are braces formed of plate metal of preferably springy quality, and shaped to produce, when adjusted as shown, shank portions q, forming between them a socket wherein to secure the handle C underneath the hod-body, and oppositely-projecting arms q g extending flatwise against the sides A, to which they are secured by rivets. The arms q are curved, as illustrated, and extend to abut against the rod t at the forward end of the body portion about midwaybetween the upper and lower edges of the sides A, where their ends are maintained in rigid relation with the said rod by the flanged edge of the said body portion. The handle C is secured in the socket by bolts on passing transversely through it, as shown.

The body portion A, constructed as described, possesses a degree of elasticity which will prevent it from being broken or losing its shape in the ordinary rough usage to which hods of this class are liable, while the braces B, in addition, owing to their peculiar shape and the manner of their adjustment, strengthen the hod at the points most liable to give out in the use of the device, with the employment of comparatively little metal to add to the weight of the hod and the cost of its manufacture.

D is a broad flat spring, comprising a straight arm p to enter a sheath 0, afforded by a strip of flat metal secured at its edges on the under side of the hod, and a free arm p, curved to fit comfortably over the shoulder of the hod-carrier and extending toward the handle. The arm 19 fits loosely in its sheath, whereby the spring maybe readily attached and removed or adjusted toward and from the handle C.

WVhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hod, the combination of the sheetmetal body portion A, formed with sides A, having flanged edges, a continuous spring t, re-enforcing the lateral and forward edges of the sides A, and braces 13, terminating in a socket for the handle C and provided with curved arms q, extending to the forward ends of the sides about midway between the upper and lower edges of the latter, and maintained against the spring t by the flanged edges of the sides, and arms (1 extending toward the rear edges of the sides, substantially as described.

2. In a hod, the combination, With the body hn-ndle, substantially as and for the purpose portion and handle, of a sheath 0, extending set forth. longitudinally of the lower edge of the body 7 r1 portion toward the rear end thereof, and an adjustable and removable spring-rest D, having an arm 10 extending into the sheathat its In presence ofrear end and a curved free arm 19 extending J. WV. DYRENFORTH, below the sheath, with its free end toward the M. J. BOVVERS. 

